More Revisions
My manuscript arrived the other day, just as I was leaving for a work weekend. I did a quick peek, saw the letter from my editor, and then tucked it away. Very tempting to dive in.
I like revisions. I like making things fit tighter, cleaning up language, eliminating repetition. And with another pair of eyes. . . it’s so much easier to do all those things. Turns out I have a long list of words I use over and over. I’m going to copy them down, stick them on the wall, and watch for them from now on when I’m writing. Words like: look, sound, knew/know, and/then. Thank goodness for my wonderful Flip Dictionary!
What about you? Words you use over and over? How do you keep yourself from repeating them without sounding like you swallowed a thesaurus?
